Beloved In Ruins : Ashes of us (Sana x Jungkook)

They forgot her.
Long before she ever left.

One by one, they turned their backs -
The brothers who once swore to protect her with pinky promises and wide grins.
The boy who once said her smile was his favorite sound.
The people who once called her family...
until they didn't.

And she?
She didn't scream.
She didn't beg to be seen.
She simply... disappeared.

Not because she wanted to,
but because her world shattered
and no one noticed she was buried beneath the ruins.

Now, six years later, she returns.
Not as the girl they used to know -
but as someone sculpted by survival.
Colder.
Sharper.
Quieter.

She walks with her head high, her silence louder than any scream,
and beside her is a little boy -
with her eyes and his quiet strength.
Behind her stands a man who wears gold like armor and hides bruises beneath it.

There are no warm embraces.
No whispered apologies.
Only awkward stares.
Only ghosts dressed in familiar skin.

They think they've moved on.
They think she did too.

But ashes...
Ashes don't disappear.
They settle.
They wait.
And when the wind shifts -
they burn again.

This is not a tale of revenge.
It's a story of what's left behind when love dies quietly.
Of what it means to return, not to reclaim what was lost -
but to exist in the ruins without explanation or permission.

She is no longer seeking love.
She is no longer asking why.
She's just... there.

And that, perhaps,
is what will destroy them the most.

💭 Echoes from the Ashes

> "I should've asked why she was breaking instead of believing she was the cause."
- Jeon Jungkook

> "I stopped living the day they left me behind. Now I breathe only for my son."
- Sana Kim

> "Love has no place in a house built from debt."
- Seo Jun

tags:
strong female lead x strong male lead ( green flag)
emotional
slow burn
healing
forced marriage
secret past
second chance.